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The Internal Revenue Service is planning a series of actions in the coming months to improve e-Services usability and security on the online apps.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released its long-awaited hedge accounting standard this week, but companies may want to be careful about adopting it early, or else they could miss out on some one-time benefits.

The Internal Revenue Service granted additional relief to victims of Hurricane Harvey on Wednesday by making it easier for 401(k)s and other employer-sponsored retirement plans to give loans and hardship distributions to aid victims.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a document Wednesday offering information about the main areas its inspectors are looking at during its visits to auditing firms this year.

Private sector employers added a robust 237,000 jobs in August, according to payroll giant ADP, with strong gains in professional and business services.

The data also showed slight dips in awarded master's degrees and new hires.

The ACA vs. indoor tanning; bitcoin on the radar; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service hasn’t provided the training to enough employees on how to deal with requests from divorced and separated spouses about efforts to collect delinquent taxes owed on their joint tax returns, according to a new report.

Paychex reported Tuesday continued momentum in wage growth at small businesses in August, even as employment growth at those businesses dipped slightly for the sixth month in a row.

A case heading to the high court this fall will help determine how vague prosecutors can be in tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service has signed a contract with a company called Chainalysis that offers software for analyzing and tracking bitcoin transactions.

Hurricane Harvey victims in parts of Texas have until Jan. 31 to file certain individual and business tax returns and make certain tax payments, the IRS said Monday.

The Internal Revenue Service will be bringing back its IRS Data Retrieval Tool on October 1 for people applying for federal student aid.

The Internal Revenue Service sent an urgent warning Monday about a new phishing scheme in which a scam email purporting to originate from the IRS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is actually part of a ransomware effort to take computer information hostage.

More chief execs are automating back-office accounting functions, freeing finance professionals to become strategic advisors.

The cleanup goes on long after the storm has passed. Here’s how financial planners can provide advice for one of clients’ most expensive traumas.

There isn’t much evidence suggesting the implementation of a cost segregation study on a tax return, by itself, will trigger an IRS audit.

A recent academic study lends support to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s regulatory oversight of auditing firms, suggesting it gives investors greater confidence in companies, in turn leading to more capital available to businesses.

Avalara releases GST compliance tool for India, and XCM adds BDO Canada as a client.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has released a staff accounting bulletin to conform its existing staff guidance to the new revenue recognition standard that takes effect for public companies at the end of the year.